Greetings and welcome!
We have a cool and wet day outside today. We had a pretty good double storm come through Wednesday and Wednesday night that left well over an inch of rain (1.3″ in my pan). With occasional showers, it is still soggy outside.
There is a little more rain possible later today and overnight, but after that the weekend should be good for weather. We will see a little below normal temps. Our normal hi/lo is 67/45. Today we should be around 63/45. Saturday looks like clouds and 60/40 for temps. Sunday again looks 60/40, but partly cloudy. It is not a bad weekend for opening of all of the hunting seasons. The woods should be quiet to walk in with the wet forest floor.
The fall colors are not too far along yet right here at the house. There are splashes of yellow, but the big show is yet to come. The trees between here and Wabeno were farther along than that last week already, so I would expect some areas to have some color. I haven’t traveled too much since our last visit, and just don’t know.
Here are some events for the weekend..
| September 18 | Everbreeze Resort on Chute Pond Mountain |
6th Annual FireQuacker 500 Rubber Duck Races Sponsored by the Mountain Area Business Association |
| September 18 | Northwoods Bar – Athelstane Benson Lake Rd & Northway Dr. |
4th Annual Near North Trail Riders ATV RaffleChicken Booyah Available – the Public is Welcome |
| September 18 | Lakewood Zoo (new location this year) |
Kolorama Kick-Off from 10am to 4pm sponsored by Lakewood Area Chamber of Commerce |
| September 18 | Lakewood |
Annual Lakewood Reunion
To help with the planning, or for further information, e-mail rjblaze@centurytel.net |
| September 18 | City of Peshtigo Boat Landing |
6th Annual Peshtigo River Trail Paddle10am – 3pm – 12 mile guided trip Starts at City of Peshtigo Boat Landing |
There is also a meeting of the Bear Point Sno-Cruisers snowmobile club. From Slug–
The Annual meeting of Bear Point Sno-Cruisers is at Newingham’s Saturday September 18 in Wausaukee at 1:00. This is your last chance to be a charter member. One of the things that means is your a founding member and you have a special number you keep as long as you renew each year. Let a friend know. After this weekend you can still be a member for sure but not a charter one. Lunch is up to each person bills will be separate for each to pay on their own. We will have samples of clothing to look at but waiting for venders to give us quoits for apparel. We need to be able to order one or two pieces at at time but still get a fair price. Sorry but we are a young club not much money in the kitty to order a quantity to have on hand. Look us up on www.silvercliff.com then go on the big snow page. We look forward to seeing you and having some good conversations. We will have guests with some interesting things to talk about. THINK SNOW SLUG
Note that the Kolorama Kickoff did move to the Lakewood Zoo this year. Also noteworthy, you could win an ATV in the Near North Raffle.
I do have a new resident. The hole I dug for the septic guy quickly became a den for something that burrowed into the side of it. The hole is easily a foot across and pretty deep. Groundhog? Porkie? Badger? Skunk? I don’t know, I haven’t spotted it yet. I am going to check tracks in a little while and come up with an eviction strategy. It might be an interesting afternoon. (Honey, do we have any tomato juice?)
That is about it from here. Have a good weekend and good luck hunting!
RJB